Lets say I want to beat Busse...

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I do not want to start any flame thread

Lets say I want to beat Busse. What test should my knife stand to to show that it is as good as busse?
 
I think you should look into this thread
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/772715-Proof-Of-Busse-(and-Kin)-Superiority

I'd get a busse and w/e other knife is to be tested against and put them trough the same abuse, until one of them fails fails.
If your goal is to break a knife, they all can break if put trough enough beating. I do not think that is what Busse us all about, the point is not that the knives are unbreakable, rather they are extremely reliable.
 
Maybe buy a knife in S7 steel? It is super tough, but INFI beats it in many other regards. Busse knife are not just tough though, they are the entire package. Great steel, superior ergonomics, aesthetically pleasing, high resale value, and on and on.
 
I have only experienced SR-101.And it is heads and tales better in my opinion then anything else I've used. I sometimes ponder the fact infini is better? Seems impossible. I can't wait till the day I buy a busse combat knife.
When people sit and stare and dream about your knives because they are so undeniably bad ass. Then I guess your heading in the right direction.
 
idaho said:
I do not want to start any flame thread Lets say I want to beat Busse. What test should my knife stand to to show that it is as good as busse?
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Demonstrate a thorough understanding of metallurgy, a PhD from a well known university would do, and then use the aerospace industry as a benchmark for your quality controls.
That's what I would accept from an upstart.
Jerry just spent his entire life perfecting his product instead. You've got 20-30 years to go before you can enter the competition if that's the route you want to take.

I'm a fan of Busse because everything I've seen indicates they have an industry leading understanding of their product, the resulting swaths of destruction are just for fun.
 
Joshua J. said:
Demonstrate a thorough understanding of metallurgy, a PhD from a well known university would do, and then use the aerospace industry as a benchmark for your quality controls.
That's what I would accept from an upstart.
Jerry just spent his entire life perfecting his product instead. You've got 20-30 years to go before you can enter the competition if that's the route you want to take.

I'm a fan of Busse because everything I've seen indicates they have an industry leading understanding of their product, the resulting swaths of destruction are just for fun.
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This. And lots and lots of testing. Oh, and enough money to have the superior steel you invent produced.
Bear in mind the fact that Busse has no real competition, that is why Swamp Rat Knife Company was started. They created their own competition!
Best of luck, post pics.
Oh, to answer your actual question, every test. Every single one.
 
Start with 3,000 push cuts through clean one inch hemp rope with a taped off 2 inch portion of blade and have that two inch portion of blade still shave.

After that, ask again there will be more, but until then, until that challenge is met in a public test there is not a whole lot to talk about
 
papathud said:
Start with 3,000 push cuts through clean one inch hemp rope with a taped off 2 inch portion of blade and have that two inch portion of blade still shave.

After that, ask again there will be more, but until then, until that challenge is met in a public test there is not a whole lot to talk about
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Thank you. That is a numerical test one can try to compete to.
Drinking and creating fan base is second to that. But I feel that drinking and fans have something in comon :D
 
papathud said:
Start with 3,000 push cuts through clean one inch hemp rope with a taped off 2 inch portion of blade and have that two inch portion of blade still shave.

After that, ask again there will be more, but until then, until that challenge is met in a public test there is not a whole lot to talk about
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Slice up a few hundred feet of cardboard and watch it shave afterwards... That's just scary. Cardboard is a known edge killer, too, with all the stuff it can have in it.
 
Grease said:
Slice up a few hundred feet of cardboard and watch it shave afterwards... That's just scary. Cardboard is a known edge killer, too, with all the stuff it can have in it.
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Cardboard has much to many variables - all that dirt can differ from one board to other.
 
You can't beat a Busse....

Oh wait, yes you can......

You can beat it through just about anything.


Seriously though, I am pretty sure you have set yourself a mighty challange, and I hope you can succeed to some degree. Hours and hours have I searched the web and have come to the conclusion that Busse stands as the very best in hard use knives. I wish Noss's videos were still on YouTube, he literally beat and grossly abused a Battle Mistress (with the intention of breaking it) until he gave up. This isn't to say they won't break, but they seem to take 10x the beatings most other competitor's do (we are talking big name's with big claim's).

Good Luck and make sure to send me a prototype:D
 
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